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- asdfuiop, on 10/29/2007, -5/+228The funny thing is, I doubt anyone in Georgia would've cared if they got married instead
- thespudmall, on 11/01/2007, -11/+209MEN HAVE RIGHTS TOO!!!!!
Why doesn't the chick have to pay? Cause they are keeping the male down. - scanman20, on 10/29/2007, -9/+153Well that blows
- jgdogg182, on 10/30/2007, -3/+113I think the real story here is that his lawyer is named. BJ.
- SilverStandard, on 11/01/2007, -5/+97No one has the balls to go up against the Vagina lobby.
- AriaStar, on 10/29/2007, -3/+93WRONG.
I've said it before and will say it again, I'm a woman who fights for men's rights. Men get the short end of the stick on sex crimes and child custody/support and alimony, and it's horse *****. God damned feminists seemed to overlook the "equal" part of equality.
The really, REALLY ***** part about this is the sentence would have been less if it was intercourse. But her initiation of a blow job (and proven on tape) landed him ten years. Yes, he may get out now, but his football and college are all but ruined. - 93TILL503, on 10/29/2007, -1/+77Saw this guys story on HBO's Real Sports.
3 other kids took plea deal. This kid wouldn't take the plea. I'm glad to see that he is out of jail.
The prosecuting lawyer was a total dirt ball. - Nick2632, on 10/28/2007, -5/+78Yeah, as long as they were cousins
/joke - floridiot2, on 10/29/2007, -3/+73Only girls are allowed to not know what they're doing if they have too much to drink? ***** in the dick.
- felidaeus, on 10/29/2007, -0/+61http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/19/us/19georgia.htm ...
"Had Genarlow had intercourse with this girl, had he gotten her pregnant, he could only have been charged with a misdemeanor and punished up to 12 months,” said Brenda Joy Bernstein, Mr. Wilson’s lawyer.
Wow, that is MESSED UP. - Scumbunny, on 10/29/2007, -0/+54Funny how this would have gotten a pass 25 years ago when I was a teenager, yet it goes to court today. We have gotten so much more uptight about teen sex as a society.
Maybe we've become our worst nightmare: Just like our parents! - inactive, on 10/30/2007, -6/+594-3???
hang the 3 high, and if you're short on time or money, skip the trial. - lithera, on 10/29/2007, -2/+552 years of jail for 2 kids just exploring sex.
Land of the free, home of the brave eh?
Even most 3rd world countries aren't that ***** up. - eugeniow, on 10/29/2007, -3/+53Its amazing to me that it took two years before a proper decision was made on this situation. It makes one wonder what was in the jurors heads when the initial decision was made. Also was the jurors made up of a group of his peers.
- inactive, on 10/30/2007, -1/+48Start a war and kill lots of people oh well no big deal, have oral sex go to jail.This country is messed up.
- anagoge, on 10/29/2007, -1/+41After serving two years for oral sex, I believe he's now very much entitled to two years OF oral sex.
- EndersGame, on 10/29/2007, -2/+40Maybe the crime happened sometime around 2003 when he was 17 and he never finally got convicted until 2005 when he was 19.
- hrhs556x, on 11/01/2007, -0/+37just to let you know, he didn't take the plea because he would have to file as a sex offender and couldn't live/see his little sister
- ChiRolla, on 10/29/2007, -0/+33"Wilson's attorney, B.J. Bernstein, said earlier Friday she was working to gain his quick release."
ZING! - john2kx, on 10/28/2007, -1/+33At least he got a blowjob out of it.
- minnymoo, on 10/29/2007, -2/+33give someone an orgasm, and get sent to jail?
i don't think that's justified... - lolwaffle, on 11/03/2008, -2/+33He was underage too. What legal action was taken against her for the sexual acts with a minor? Is this sexism? And for the prosecutors who say it wasn't consensual because she was drinking, what legal action was taken for that? If he was drinking, then does that clear him of responsibility too, or make it possible that she was taking advantage of him? Does her prior experience with such acts (or lack thereof) and knowingly getting into the drinking with guys at a party situation have any weight in the decision if it's consensual? It's one big cluster...
- ZenFountain, on 10/29/2007, -0/+31Summary:
Man gets blowjob, taxpayers spend $150,000+ on prosecution and incarceration. - AriaStar, on 10/29/2007, -2/+30If she had been 17 and he was 15 and the rest was the same, I bet you anything HE still would have been charged. Yes, it is sexism. I'm a woman, and even I acknowledge that. And it's ***** WRONG.
- Calcularius, on 10/29/2007, -4/+30I wonder why more prosecuters aren't murdered.
- xaxxon, on 10/28/2007, -1/+26And the prosecutor is STILL a douche bag. He said he is disappointed by the ruling from the state supreme court.
- bjs3171, on 10/28/2007, -0/+24how can someone be "convicted of having oral sex"? is that seriously a crime?
- tinkafoo, on 10/29/2007, -3/+26Why didn't she go to jail? She did the same thing he did -- and she was FIFTEEN YEARS OLD!!
- Konrad9, on 11/01/2007, -4/+26Dude, it's because he's black. White male would have gotten a pat on the back in Southern states.
- Namakemono, on 10/27/2007, -6/+27I agree, that sucks.
- arcooke, on 10/29/2007, -1/+22Probably got more than he wanted in jail. :
- davidrools, on 10/28/2007, -2/+22digg hearts you
- antisthenex, on 10/29/2007, -0/+20What's even worse is that over a year ago both the girl and the girl's mom requested that he be released from jail.
- pintomp3, on 10/29/2007, -1/+20On May 24, 2007 former US president Jimmy Carter wrote a letter to state attorney-general Thurbert Baker (who is also African-American) in which he questioned whether Wilson's race had played a role in his treatment. He wrote: "The racial dimension of the case is likewise hard to ignore and perhaps unfortunately has had an impact on the final outcome of the case," pointing out that white defendants have received lesser punishments for similar conduct.
- PopsGG, on 08/28/2009, -2/+21Yeah you have to feel sorry for this guy. The punishment didn't fit the crime. If you can even consider the act a crime...
If you watch the video you can see him walking out of jail with a limp. I'm guessing it wasn't very fun in there. He would have at least taken soap on a rope. :( - bjs3171, on 10/29/2007, -1/+20why should he have had his ass kicked? i don't understand what's wrong about sex when it's consensual.
- Neiby, on 10/27/2007, -1/+19It's not contempt to deliver a verdict of not guilty if you think the law is unjust. In fact, it's your duty. Look up "jury nullification".
Edit: Oops. I was replying to xaxxon, not to GirthAgain. - spyd3rweb, on 10/29/2007, -1/+19Fat chicks need love too............. But they gotta pay.
- domlachowicz, on 10/28/2007, -2/+19Let me start by saying that I don't think that Wilson did anything wrong, and it's shocks the conscience that he's served prison time for consensual intercourse.
The other 3 judges didn't necessarily think that what Wilson did was morally abhorrent or deserved punishment. They took the position that the legislature remedied the law in 2006, but didn't explicitly make the change retroactive. Since the changes to the law weren't retroactive, the judges didn't have grounds to commute his sentence to a misdemeanor. In other words, they weren't about to be "activist" judges and legislate from the bench.
The 3 dissenting judges took the opinion that in order to free Wilson, you should petition the legislature to make the law apply retroactively. Either way, the end result is correct. It's just that the means to the end were wrong.
But I'm really glad that he's out of prison. He had a promising life ahead of him, and I hope that somehow he can get things back on track. - codechino, on 10/28/2007, -1/+18That's the wrong kind of thinking. Instead of asking why she didnt go to jail, you should be asking why he did and what can be done to prevent it in the future.
- xaxxon, on 10/29/2007, -0/+17No, he won't. That's why he refused to take a plea deal a while back and went to prison. He will not be on the sex offenders list now. I wonder if he friends who took the plea deal will be.
- LaueOfficer, on 10/28/2007, -2/+18Marry me?
- BlackJackJester, on 10/29/2007, -0/+15Good. Now, what should happen is that this is wiped off his record, so he can go to school and/or get a decent job so he won't end up back in jail. I feel he was wrongly imprisoned, and he really shouldn't have to suffer more.
- sineyopitty, on 10/29/2007, -1/+16Well, I hope the BJ was good.
- AriaStar, on 10/29/2007, -1/+16I'm glad he stuck to his guns and refused a plea. I'm pissed that the court decided that HE committed a crime in the first place. Wilson did the right thing.
- Ocelot13, on 10/29/2007, -5/+20his lawyer was"B.J" Bernstein.
- gmiley, on 10/29/2007, -0/+15There is such a thing as Jury Nullification, though it isn't usually offered up to a jury as an option. Basically what it means is, a jury has the right to rule that a law is unjust in a particular circumstance. So you would not be in contempt.
- Neiby, on 10/28/2007, -1/+16You've got it backwards, anyway. She gave him the orgasm and he went to jail.
I hope she at least swallowed.
[I'm going to hell for that, I know! And before anyone gets too freaked out, I'd like to point out that I donated to this guy's legal fund and I sent him a personal letter encouraging him to try to stay positive. It's just a joke.] - rocket777, on 10/29/2007, -0/+15Wonder why the girl got a pass. She was having sex with a minor too.
- GirthAgain, on 10/27/2007, -0/+15When they discovered the mandatory sentence, a couple of the jurors regretted their decision.
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